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- the present invention concerns in general terms a method of obtaining a gain function in transmission mode. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method of obtaining an antenna gain in transmission mode for a base station in a mobile telecommunication system, It makes it possible to obtain an antenna gain in transmission mode from an antenna gain in reception mode.
- FIG. 1 illustrates a known device for obtaining an antenna gain in transmission and reception.
- the device comprises an array of antennae ( 10 0 ),( 10 1 ), . . . ,( 10 N ⁇ 1 ), a transmission weighting module ( 11 ) and a reception weighting module ( 15 ).
- [0007] is the difference in operation between consecutive antennae for a uniform linear array with a pitch d, ⁇ and ⁇ being respectively the wavelength and the frequency of the flat wave in question;
- ⁇ i is the angle between a reference axis and the normal to the antenna of index i
- R the radius of curvature of the array
- ⁇ is the angular difference between two consecutive antennae in the array.
- ⁇ overscore (e d ⁇ ) ⁇ is the vector ⁇ overscore (x) ⁇ corresponding to a flat wave transmitted in the direction ⁇ .
- the weighting vectors in reception and transmission mode will be called respectively ⁇ overscore (b u ) ⁇ and ⁇ overscore (b d ) ⁇ .
- the array of antennae When the array of antennae is functioning in reception mode at a given frequency, different known methods, notably the Wiener filtering method, make it possible to determine the weighting vector ⁇ overscore (b u ) ⁇ which maximises the signal to noise ratio.
- the array of antennae of a base station receives signals transmitted by a plurality of mobile terminals.
- the signals transmitted by the different mobile terminals are separated by means of the use of orthogonal codes on transmission and filters adapted to these codes on reception. In practice, however, the separation of the different signals received is not perfect.
- the criterion to be maximised is then the ratio of signal to noise plus interference, the latter being due to the signals transmitted by the other mobile terminals.
- the downlink between a base station and a given mobile terminal is disturbed not only by the background noise but by the interference due to the signals transmitted by the said base station to other mobile terminals.
- the aim of the invention is to propose a method of determining the transmission weighting vector, ⁇ overscore (b d ) ⁇ , optimising the ratio of signal to noise plus interference on the downlink and requiring the transmission only of a small quantity of information on the uplinks.
- the invention is defined by a method of obtaining a transmission gain function by means of an array of antennae and a weighting of the signals received or to be transmitted by vectors (be) of N complex coefficients, referred to as weighting vectors, N being the number of antennae in the array, the array transmitting, to a telecommunication terminal on a transmission channel, referred to as the downlink channel, a downlink transmission signal (S d ) and the said terminal transmitting to the said array on a transmission channel, referred to as the uplink channel, an uplink transmission signal (S u ), the said uplink channel being disturbed by a first isotropic noise (N) and/or a first directional noise, referred to as the uplink interference (I u ), the said downlink channel being disturbed by a second isotropic noise (N′) and/or a second directional noise, referred to as the downlink interference (I d ), a first weighting vector ( ⁇ overscore (b) ⁇ u
- the first weighting vector ( ⁇ overscore (b) ⁇ u ) is obtained for a first working frequency ( ⁇ u ) of the array and the second weighting vector ( ⁇ overscore (b) ⁇ d ) is obtained for a second working frequency ( ⁇ d ) of the array.
- a gain function being represented by a vector, referred to as the gain vector ( ⁇ overscore (G) ⁇ ), of M complex samples of the said gain function taken in M distinct directions (k), the said gain vector being expressed as the product of a weighting vector ( ⁇ overscore (b) ⁇ ) and a transformation matrix dependent on the working frequency of the array, the second weighting vector ⁇ overscore (b) ⁇ d is obtained from the first weighting vector ⁇ overscore (b) ⁇ u by:
- H u is the transformation matrix at the frequency ( ⁇ u )
- H d + is the pseudo-inverse matrix of the matrix H d
- D u is the first noise matrix
- D d is the second noise matrix
- the array transmits on a plurality of downlink channels a plurality of transmission signals to a plurality of telecommunication terminals and receives from them a plurality of transmission signals transmitted on a plurality of uplink channels and if each downlink channel j relating to a terminal j of the said plurality is associated with a second weighting vector ⁇ overscore (b) ⁇ d (j), the second noise matrix relating to the downlink channel j is a diagonal matrix of size M ⁇ M and of components ⁇ square root ⁇ square root over ( ⁇ dk 2 (j)+ ⁇ d (j).N′ 0 /I d (j)) ⁇ where ⁇ dk 2
- (j) is the power of the downlink interference for the downlink channel j in the direction k
- ⁇ d (j) is a coefficient characterising the power transfer on the downlink channel j
- N′ 0 is the power of the second isotropic noise
- I d is the total power of the downlink interference.
- ⁇ d (j) is an orthogonality coefficient of the downlink channel j
- the said coefficient ⁇ d (j) is estimated from a coefficient characterising the orthogonality of the uplink channel j.
- the coefficient ⁇ d (j) can be transmitted to the array by the terminal j on the associated uplink channel.
- the invention is also defined by a device adapted to implement the method which has just been disclosed.
- FIG. 1 depicts schematically a known device for obtaining an antenna gain function
- FIG. 2 depicts schematically an uplink transmission channel in a mobile telecommunication system
- FIG. 3 depicts schematically a downlink transmission channel in a mobile telecommunication system
- FIG. 4 depicts schematically a device for obtaining an antenna gain function according to one embodiment of the invention.
- a first general idea at the basis of the invention is to sample the transmission and reception gain functions in order to construct transmission and reception gain vectors.
- optimum weighting vectors in terms of ratio of signal to noise plus interference, can then be obtained from transmission and reception gain vectors according to matrix equations.
- a second general idea at the basis of the invention is to obtain a transmission weighting vector, optimum in terms of ratio of signal to noise plus interference obtained, according to the reception gain weighting vector assumed itself to be optimum.
- weighting vectors can be obtained from a series of samples of the corresponding gain function.
- G( ⁇ ) be the antenna gain function obtained by means of a weighting vector ⁇ overscore (b) ⁇ .
- the function b(x) being bounded by N.d, the difference between two zeros of the function B or B′ is at least ⁇ /N.d and therefore all the more so 2/N. Given the increase in the derivative of the function Arcsin, the minimum difference between two zeros of the function G is 2/N.
- the function G therefore has a spectrum bounded by N/2.
- ⁇ overscore (G) ⁇ be any gain vector corresponding to a sampled gain function. Seek the vector b such that h s ⁇ ( ⁇ overscore (b) ⁇ ) is as close as possible to ⁇ overscore (G) ⁇ in the sense of a certain metric.
- h s ⁇ ( ⁇ overscore (b) ⁇ ) is as close as possible to ⁇ overscore (G) ⁇ in the sense of a certain metric.
- H f + (H f * T .H f ) ⁇ 1 .H f * T is the pseudo-inverse matrix of the matrix H f with H f * T a conjugate transpose of the matrix H f .
- the vectors ⁇ overscore (e) ⁇ k are the weighting vectors of the array making it possible to form beams in the directions ⁇ k .
- the vectors ⁇ overscore (e) ⁇ k form a base if the determinant of the coordinates of the instances of ⁇ overscore (e) ⁇ k in the canonical base of C N is non-zero. This determinant is a Vandermonde determinant which is equal to ⁇ p ⁇ q ⁇ ( exp ⁇ ( j ⁇ p ) - exp ⁇ ( j ⁇ q ) )
- This equation makes it possible in particular to obtain, at a second working frequency, a sampled gain diagram which is as close as possible to the one, referred to as the reference, obtained at a first working frequency.
- Equation (10) applies advantageously to the array of antennae of a base station in a mobile telecommunication system operating in FDD (Frequency Division Duplex) mode.
- a frequency ⁇ d is used on the downlinks and a frequency ⁇ u distinct from ⁇ d is used on the uplinks.
- Equation (10) then makes it possible to directly obtain the weighting vector on transmission ⁇ overscore (b d ) ⁇ from the weighting vector on reception ⁇ overscore (b u ) ⁇
- Equation (11) makes it possible, as has been seen, to obtain, at the transmission frequency ⁇ u , a sampled gain diagram which is as close as possible to a reference diagram obtained at the reception frequency ⁇ d .
- the interference profile that is to say the angular distribution of the power of the interference, is not necessarily the same on the downlink channel as on the uplink channel. This is because the directions of the interfering sources are not necessarily identical in transmission and reception. Consequently, though the reception gain diagram is optimum for a reception interference profile, it will not necessarily be so for a transmission interference profile. As will be shown later, if the transmission and reception interference profiles differ, equation (11) must be modified in order to take account of this difference.
- FIG. 2 depicts the assembly consisting of the uplink channel ( 20 ), the array of antennae ( 22 ) and the reception weighting module ( 23 ).
- the effect of the noise has been represented by the addition ( 21 ) of a directional noise ⁇ overscore (I) ⁇ u due to the interfering signals, and at ( 24 ) an isotropic centred white Gaussian background noise N.
- This vector has P amongst M non-zero coefficients, where P is the number of channel propagation paths.
- the signal R u received by the base station can be written:
- I u E( ⁇ overscore (I) ⁇ u ⁇ 2 ) is the total power of the directional noise (that is to say of the interference on the uplink channel). It was assumed in (13) that the isotropic noise was independent of the directional noise.
- reception weighting vector ⁇ overscore (b u ) ⁇ , optimum in the sense of the maximisation of the ratio of signal to noise plus interference on the channel, can then be expressed:
- FIG. 3 depicts the assembly consisting of the downlink channel ( 30 ), the array of antennae ( 32 ) and the transmission weighting module ( 33 ).
- the effect of the noise has been represented by the addition at ( 31 ) of a directional noise ⁇ overscore (I) ⁇ d due to the interfering signals and at ( 34 ) by a centred isotropic white Gaussian background noise N′.
- This vector has P′ from amongst M non-zero coefficients, where P′ is the number of propagation paths of the channel.
- the signal R d received by the mobile terminal can be written:
- R d ⁇ overscore (C) ⁇ d T .( S d . ⁇ overscore (G) ⁇ d + ⁇ overscore (I) ⁇ d )+ N′ (17)
- I d E( ⁇ overscore (I) ⁇ d ⁇ 2 ) is the total power of the directional noise (that is to say of the interference on the downlink channel). It was assumed in (18) that the isotropic noise was independent of the directional noise.
- the transmission weighting vector, ⁇ overscore (b d ) ⁇ optimum in the sense of the maximisation of the ratio of signal to noise plus interference on the downlink channel, can then be expressed as:
- the matrix D u can be estimated at the base station from a measurement of the noise power and the interference in the directions ⁇ k .
- the matrix D d cannot be estimated as simply.
- the matrix D u can be estimated at the base station from a measurement of the noise power and the interference in the directions ⁇ k , for example during a period of silence of the mobile terminal.
- the matrix D d cannot be estimated as simply.
- ⁇ d can be estimated by the mobile terminal and transmitted over the uplink channel to the base station. Since ⁇ d changes only slowly over time, the quantity of information to be transmitted relating to this parameter will be small.
- the value of ⁇ can then be estimated directly by the base station, for example at the power control loop.
- ⁇ d (j 0 ) is the coefficient of orthogonality of the downlink channel, destined for TS j0 ;
- S d (j) is the power of the transmission signal destined for the terminal TS j ;
- g dk (j) is the kth coefficient of the gain vector ⁇ overscore (G) ⁇ d (j) relating to the transmission to TS j .
- the paths of the uplink and downlink channels relating to different directions have statistically decorrelated lengths L dk and L dk′ ;
- FIG. 4 illustrates an example of a device according to one embodiment of the invention. For reasons of simplicity, the processing of a single communication with a mobile terminal has been depicted.
- the device installed at the base station, comprises an array of antennae ( 40 0 ),( 40 1 ), . . . ( 40 N ⁇ 1 ) coupled by means of duplexers to a first reception weighting module ( 45 ), weighting the signals received by the different antennae by means of a first weighting vector, ⁇ overscore (b u ) ⁇ , and to a second transmission weighting module ( 41 ), weighting a signal to be transmitted by a second weighting vector, ⁇ overscore (b d ) ⁇ .
- weighting modules identical to the modules ( 41 ), ( 45 ) must be provided in parallel with these.
- the N outputs of antennae are directed to a module (46) estimating, in a manner known per se, the optimum weighting vector ⁇ overscore (b u ) ⁇ .
- Estimators of the noise power matrices ( 43 ) and ( 44 ) estimate respectively the matrices D u 2 and D d 2 .
- the matrices D u 2 and D d 2 are supplied to a matrix calculation module ( 42 ) which calculates the vector ⁇ overscore (b d ) ⁇ from the vector ⁇ overscore (b u ) ⁇ according to equation (22).
- the vector ⁇ overscore (b d ) ⁇ is then transmitted to the weighting module ( 41 ).
- the matrix D d 2 is evaluated in ( 44 ) by means of equation (23).
- the estimation module ( 44 ) receives an estimation of the coupling coefficient, ⁇ d or ⁇ according to circumstances, as well as interference powers ⁇ dk 2 in the directions ⁇ k and the total power I d .
- the values ⁇ dk 2 are advantageously calculated from equation (24) using the values of the transmission signals, S d (j), j ⁇ j 0 , intended for the mobile terminals other than the one in question (j 0 ) and the gain vectors, ⁇ overscore (G) ⁇ d (j), j ⁇ j 0 , which are associated with them.
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- The present invention concerns in general terms a method of obtaining a gain function in transmission mode. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method of obtaining an antenna gain in transmission mode for a base station in a mobile telecommunication system, It makes it possible to obtain an antenna gain in transmission mode from an antenna gain in reception mode.
- The formation of channels or the elimination of interfering signals is well known in the field of narrow-band antenna processing. Each uses an array of antennae, generally linear and uniform (that is to say with a constant pitch) and a signal weighting module. More precisely, if it is wished to form a channel in reception mode, the signals received by the different antennae are weighted by a set of complex coefficients before being added. Conversely, if it is wished to form a channel in transmission mode, the signal to be transmitted is weighted by a set of complex coefficients and the signals thus obtained are transmitted by the different antennae.
- FIG. 1 illustrates a known device for obtaining an antenna gain in transmission and reception. The device comprises an array of antennae (10 0),(10 1), . . . ,(10 N−1), a transmission weighting module (11) and a reception weighting module (15). The signals received by the different antennae, (xi), i=0, . . . N−1 are weighted at (13 0),(13 1), . . . ,(13 N−1) by a set of complex coefficients (bui), i=0, . . . ,N−1 before being added at (14) in order to give a signal Ru. Conversely, a signal to be transmitted Sd is weighted as (12 0),(12 1) . . . ,(12 N−1) by a set of complex coefficients (bdi), i=0, . . . ,N−1, before being transmitted by the different antennae.
- If the vector of the received signals and the vector of the weighting coefficients are respectively denoted {overscore (x)}=(x0,x1, . . . ,xN−1)T and {overscore (bu)}=(bu0,bu1, . . . ,buN−1)T, it is possible to write:
- R u ={overscore (bu)} T {overscore (x)} (1)
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- where euθ represents the vector x corresponding to a flat wave arriving at an angle of incidence θ, and
- φi=(2πd/λ).i. sin(θ)=(2πdƒ/c).i. sin(θ) (3)
- is the difference in operation between consecutive antennae for a uniform linear array with a pitch d, λ and ƒ being respectively the wavelength and the frequency of the flat wave in question; and
- φi=2πRΔθ/λ. sin(θ−θi)=2πRƒΔθ/c. sin(θ−θi) (4)
- for a circular array where θi is the angle between a reference axis and the normal to the antenna of index i, R the radius of curvature of the array, Δθ is the angular difference between two consecutive antennae in the array.
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- with the same conventions as those adopted above and where {overscore (edθ)} is the vector {overscore (x)} corresponding to a flat wave transmitted in the direction θ. The weighting vectors in reception and transmission mode will be called respectively {overscore (bu)} and {overscore (bd)}.
- When the array of antennae is functioning in reception mode at a given frequency, different known methods, notably the Wiener filtering method, make it possible to determine the weighting vector {overscore (bu)} which maximises the signal to noise ratio. In a mobile telecommunications system, the array of antennae of a base station receives signals transmitted by a plurality of mobile terminals. In the context of a transmission in CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) mode, the signals transmitted by the different mobile terminals are separated by means of the use of orthogonal codes on transmission and filters adapted to these codes on reception. In practice, however, the separation of the different signals received is not perfect. For an uplink between a given mobile terminal and the base station which serves it, the criterion to be maximised is then the ratio of signal to noise plus interference, the latter being due to the signals transmitted by the other mobile terminals. Likewise, the downlink between a base station and a given mobile terminal is disturbed not only by the background noise but by the interference due to the signals transmitted by the said base station to other mobile terminals. Though it is relatively easy to optimise the weighting vector in reception mode, {overscore (bu)}, by estimating the uplink channel and the density of interference at the base station, it is quite different with regard to the optimisation of the weighting vector in transmission mode, {overscore (bd)}. This is because the estimation of the downlink channel and the density of interference cannot be made directly at the base station and a transmission of this information by the mobile terminals is necessary. However, this transmission of information consumes conveyance resources on the uplink, which can be disadvantageous, notably in the case of rapid variations in the channel transfer function, for example when the mobile terminal is moving at high speed.
- The aim of the invention is to propose a method of determining the transmission weighting vector, {overscore (bd)}, optimising the ratio of signal to noise plus interference on the downlink and requiring the transmission only of a small quantity of information on the uplinks.
- To this end, the invention is defined by a method of obtaining a transmission gain function by means of an array of antennae and a weighting of the signals received or to be transmitted by vectors (be) of N complex coefficients, referred to as weighting vectors, N being the number of antennae in the array, the array transmitting, to a telecommunication terminal on a transmission channel, referred to as the downlink channel, a downlink transmission signal (Sd) and the said terminal transmitting to the said array on a transmission channel, referred to as the uplink channel, an uplink transmission signal (Su), the said uplink channel being disturbed by a first isotropic noise (N) and/or a first directional noise, referred to as the uplink interference (Iu), the said downlink channel being disturbed by a second isotropic noise (N′) and/or a second directional noise, referred to as the downlink interference (Id), a first weighting vector ({overscore (b)}u) having been determined in order to maximise, on reception by the array, the ratio ((C/I+N)u) of the received signal coming from the said terminal to the noise plus interference disturbing the said uplink channel, a second weighting vector ({overscore (b)}d) maximising, on reception by the terminal, the ratio ((C/I+N)d) of the received signal coming from the network to the noise plus interference disturbing the downlink channel, is calculated from the said first weighting vector in the form of a matrix product comprising a first noise matrix (Du) which is a function of the power of the first isotropic noise and/or the power of the first directional noise and a second noise matrix (Dd) which is a function of the power of the second isotropic noise and/or the power of the second directional noise.
- According to one embodiment, the first weighting vector ({overscore (b)}u) is obtained for a first working frequency (ƒu) of the array and the second weighting vector ({overscore (b)}d) is obtained for a second working frequency (ƒd) of the array.
- Advantageously, a gain function being represented by a vector, referred to as the gain vector ({overscore (G)}), of M complex samples of the said gain function taken in M distinct directions (k), the said gain vector being expressed as the product of a weighting vector ({overscore (b)}) and a transformation matrix dependent on the working frequency of the array, the second weighting vector {overscore (b)}d is obtained from the first weighting vector {overscore (b)}u by:
- {overscore (b)} d =H d + .D u 2 .H u {overscore (b)} u
- where Hu is the transformation matrix at the frequency (ƒu), Hd + is the pseudo-inverse matrix of the matrix Hd, the transformation matrix at the frequency (ƒd), Du is the first noise matrix and Dd is the second noise matrix.
- The first noise matrix can be expressed as a diagonal matrix of size M×M and of components {square root}{square root over (σuk 2+γuN0/Iu)} where σuk 2 is the power of the uplink interference in the direction k, Iu is the total power of the uplink interference, and N0 is the power of the first isotropic noise, γu=1/∥{overscore (G)}u∥2 where {overscore (G)}u=Hu{overscore (b)}u.
- In a similar manner, the second noise matrix can be expressed as a diagonal matrix of size M×M and of components {square root}{square root over (σdk 2+γdN′0/Id)} where σdk 2 is the power of the downlink interference in the direction k, N′0 is the power of the second isotropic noise, γd=1/∥{overscore (C)}d∥2 where {overscore (C)}d is a vector consisting of the samples of the function of the transfer function of the downlink channel taken in the said M directions and Id is the total power of the downlink interference.
- If the array transmits on a plurality of downlink channels a plurality of transmission signals to a plurality of telecommunication terminals and receives from them a plurality of transmission signals transmitted on a plurality of uplink channels and if each downlink channel j relating to a terminal j of the said plurality is associated with a second weighting vector {overscore (b)}d(j), the second noise matrix relating to the downlink channel j is a diagonal matrix of size M×M and of components {square root}{square root over (σdk 2(j)+γd(j).N′0/Id(j))} where
- (j) is the power of the downlink interference for the downlink channel j in the direction k, γd(j) is a coefficient characterising the power transfer on the downlink channel j, N′0 is the power of the second isotropic noise, and Id is the total power of the downlink interference.
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- where βd(j) is an orthogonality coefficient of the downlink channel j and gdk(j′) is the kth coefficient of the gain vector {overscore (G)}d(j′)=Hd{overscore (b)}d(j′) relating to the downlink channel j′.
- Advantageously, the said coefficient βd(j) is estimated from a coefficient characterising the orthogonality of the uplink channel j.
- The coefficient γd(j) can be transmitted to the array by the terminal j on the associated uplink channel.
- The invention is also defined by a device adapted to implement the method which has just been disclosed.
- The characteristics of the invention mentioned above, as well as others, will emerge more clearly from a reading of the following description given in relation to the accompanying figures, amongst which:
- FIG. 1 depicts schematically a known device for obtaining an antenna gain function;
- FIG. 2 depicts schematically an uplink transmission channel in a mobile telecommunication system;
- FIG. 3 depicts schematically a downlink transmission channel in a mobile telecommunication system;
- FIG. 4 depicts schematically a device for obtaining an antenna gain function according to one embodiment of the invention.
- A first general idea at the basis of the invention is to sample the transmission and reception gain functions in order to construct transmission and reception gain vectors. As will be shown, optimum weighting vectors, in terms of ratio of signal to noise plus interference, can then be obtained from transmission and reception gain vectors according to matrix equations.
- A second general idea at the basis of the invention is to obtain a transmission weighting vector, optimum in terms of ratio of signal to noise plus interference obtained, according to the reception gain weighting vector assumed itself to be optimum.
- It will shown first of all that the weighting vectors can be obtained from a series of samples of the corresponding gain function.
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- This function has zeros for the values φk=2kπ/N, k a non-zero integer such that φkε[−π,π[, that is to say in the directions for which sin θk=k.c/Nƒd, when this expression has a direction. The phase difference between two consecutive zeros in the gain diagram is constant and is equal to Δφ=2π/N. The angular difference between two consecutive zeros of the diagram varies in terms of Arcsin., a function whose derivative is increasing on [−1,1] and is therefore minimum for the angular difference between the first and second zeros. It is therefore bounded by Δθmin=c/Nƒd if N is sufficiently great. It will be assumed that the frequencies used are less than ƒ0 where ƒ0 is the natural frequency of the array. It can be concluded from this that the spectrum of the function G0(θ) has a support bounded by 1/Δθmin=N/2.
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- The function b(x) being bounded by N.d, the difference between two zeros of the function B or B′ is at least λ/N.d and therefore all the more so 2/N. Given the increase in the derivative of the function Arcsin, the minimum difference between two zeros of the function G is 2/N. The function G therefore has a spectrum bounded by N/2.
- According to the Shannon sampling theorem, it is concluded from this that it is possible to reconstitute the function G(θ) if sampling is carried out at a frequency greater than the Nyquist frequency, that is to say N. In other words, for an angular range [−π/2,π/2], a minimum of M>π.N samples are necessary, where M is an integer. In practice K.N samples can be taken with K integer, K≧4.
- For a circular array, it can be shown that 1/Δθmin=N and the angular range being [−π,π], M (M>π.N and M integer) angularly equidistributed samples also suffice to reconstitute the function G(θ).
- In the general case of the sampling of any gain function G(θ), it is necessary first to filter G(θ) by means of an anti-aliasing filter before sampling it. It then suffices to take M samples of the diagram filtered over the entire angular range in order to reconstitute the filtered diagram.
- The samples of a gain function, possibly filtered by anti-aliasing filtering, if necessary, will be denoted gk, k=0, . . . ,M−1 that is to say gk=G′(θk) where the instances of θk are M angles equidistributed over [−π/2,π/2] or [−π,π] and where it is assumed that G′ was the filtered version of the reference complex diagram.
- It is now possible to define a linear application, hƒ s of CN in CM which makes the vector hs ƒ({overscore (b)})={overscore (G)}=(g0,g1, . . . ,gM−1)T where gk=G({overscore (b)},θk) correspond to any weighting vector {overscore (b)}. The image of CN by hƒ s is a vector sub-space of CM with a dimension at most equal to N, which will be denoted Imƒ. If a base of CN is chosen, for example the canonical base, and a base of CM, it is possible to express the linear application hƒ s by a matrix Hf of size M×N which is at most of rank N.
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- If it exists, the sought-for vector {overscore (b)} is then such that hs ƒ({overscore (b)})={overscore (G)}p where {overscore (G)}p is the orthogonal projection of the vector {overscore (G)} onto Imƒ. If the matrix Hf is of rank N, the sought-for vector {overscore (b)} exists and can be written:
- {overscore (b)}=H f + .{overscore (G)} (7)
- where Hf +=(Hf*T.Hf)−1.Hf*T is the pseudo-inverse matrix of the matrix Hf with Hf*T a conjugate transpose of the matrix Hf.
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- Alternatively, it is possible to choose as a starting base another base adapted to the frequency ƒ; the one formed by the vectors {overscore (e)}′k, such that e′k,i=exp(jπ.η.i. sinθk) with sin θk=2k/ηN and k=−(N−1)/2, . . . ,0, . . . ,(N−1)/2. These vectors exist if |sin θk|≦1,∀k , that is to say for η>1−1/N, and in this case the vectors {overscore (e)}′k form a base which has the advantage of being orthogonal.
- Alternatively, it is possible to choose as the starting base the canonical base of CN, which has the advantage of not depending on the frequency. In this case, the matrix H′f expressed in this base is written:
- H′ f =H f .T −1 (9)
- where T is the matrix of the coordinates of {overscore (e)}k in the canonical base, that is to say Tpp′=exp(jπp sin(p′/N)). It was seen above that this matrix had a non-zero Vandennonde determinant and was consequently not reversible.
- Assume now that it is sought to approximate a gain function obtained at a first frequency ƒ1, ƒ1≦ƒ0 and denote the vector of the samples associated with this gain function {overscore (G)}1=hs ƒ1({overscore (b1)}). Let a second working frequency be ƒ2, ƒ2≦ƒ0. {overscore (G1)} belonging to CM, if the matrix Hf2 is of rank N, it is possible to find a vector {overscore (b2)} such that hs ƒ2({overscore (b2)}) is the projection of hs ƒ1({overscore (b1)}) onto Imƒ2. The vector {overscore (b2)} is obtained by means of the matrix equation:
- {overscore (b2)}= H f2 + .H f1 {overscore (b1)} (10)
- This equation makes it possible in particular to obtain, at a second working frequency, a sampled gain diagram which is as close as possible to the one, referred to as the reference, obtained at a first working frequency.
- Equation (10) applies advantageously to the array of antennae of a base station in a mobile telecommunication system operating in FDD (Frequency Division Duplex) mode. In such a system, a frequency ƒd is used on the downlinks and a frequency ƒu distinct from ƒd is used on the uplinks. Equation (10) then makes it possible to directly obtain the weighting vector on transmission {overscore (bd)} from the weighting vector on reception {overscore (bu)}
- {overscore (bd)}− H d + .H u {overscore (bu)} (11)
- where there has been noted: Hd=Hfd and Hu=Hfu.
- Equation (11) makes it possible, as has been seen, to obtain, at the transmission frequency ƒu, a sampled gain diagram which is as close as possible to a reference diagram obtained at the reception frequency ƒd. However, the interference profile, that is to say the angular distribution of the power of the interference, is not necessarily the same on the downlink channel as on the uplink channel. This is because the directions of the interfering sources are not necessarily identical in transmission and reception. Consequently, though the reception gain diagram is optimum for a reception interference profile, it will not necessarily be so for a transmission interference profile. As will be shown later, if the transmission and reception interference profiles differ, equation (11) must be modified in order to take account of this difference.
- FIG. 2 depicts the assembly consisting of the uplink channel (20), the array of antennae (22) and the reception weighting module (23). The effect of the noise has been represented by the addition (21) of a directional noise {overscore (I)}u due to the interfering signals, and at (24) an isotropic centred white Gaussian background noise N.
- Just as the gain function can be represented by a gain vector, the channel can be modelled by a dimension vector M, defined as the angular sampling of the transfer function of the channel in the directions θk, k=0, . . . ,M−1 and denoted {overscore (C)}u=(cu0,cu1, . . . ,cuM−1)T. This vector has P amongst M non-zero coefficients, where P is the number of channel propagation paths. For these P coefficients cuk, cuk=αuk.exp−j(2πƒu.Luk/c+φuk) where Luk is the length of the path concerned, αuk the coefficient of attenuation of the signal propagating along the said path and φuk the polarisation of the incident signal.
- The signal Ru received by the base station can be written:
- R u ={overscore (G)} u T.(S u .{overscore (C)} u +{overscore (I)} u)+N (12)
- where {overscore (G)}u is the reception gain vector and Su is the signal transmitted by the mobile terminal.
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- and where Iu=E(∥{overscore (I)}u∥2) is the total power of the directional noise (that is to say of the interference on the uplink channel). It was assumed in (13) that the isotropic noise was independent of the directional noise.
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- where {overscore (Ω)}u=Du −1.{overscore (C)}u, {overscore (Λ)}u=Du{overscore (G)}u and Du=Diag({square root}{square root over (σuk 2+γuN0./Iu)}) with γu=1/∥{overscore (G)}u∥2. Expression (14) is maximal for {overscore (Λ)}u={overscore (Ω)}u* and therefore for:
- {overscore (G)} u =D u −1{overscore (Ω)}u *=D u −2 .{overscore (C)} u* (15)
- The reception weighting vector, {overscore (bu)}, optimum in the sense of the maximisation of the ratio of signal to noise plus interference on the channel, can then be expressed:
- {overscore (b)} u =H u + .D u −1{overscore (Ω)}u *=H u + .D u −2 {overscore (C)} u* (16)
- FIG. 3 depicts the assembly consisting of the downlink channel (30), the array of antennae (32) and the transmission weighting module (33). The effect of the noise has been represented by the addition at (31) of a directional noise {overscore (I)}d due to the interfering signals and at (34) by a centred isotropic white Gaussian background noise N′.
- Just like the uplink channel, the downlink channel can be modelled by a vector of dimension M, defined as the angular sampling of the transfer function of this channel in the directions θk, k=0, . . . ,M−1 and denoted {overscore (C)}d=(cd0,cd1, . . . ,cdM−1)T. This vector has P′ from amongst M non-zero coefficients, where P′ is the number of propagation paths of the channel. For these P′ coefficients cdk, cdk=αdk.exp−j(2πƒd.Ldk/c+φdk) where Ldk′ is the length of the path concerned, αdk′ the coefficient of attenuation of the signal propagating on the said path and φdk′ the polarisation of the incident signal.
- The signal Rd received by the mobile terminal can be written:
- R d ={overscore (C)} d T.(S d .{overscore (G)} d +{overscore (I)} d)+N′ (17)
- where {overscore (G)}d is the transmission gain vector and Sd is the signal transmitted by the base station.
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- and where Id=E(∥{overscore (I)}d∥2) is the total power of the directional noise (that is to say of the interference on the downlink channel). It was assumed in (18) that the isotropic noise was independent of the directional noise.
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- where {overscore (Ω)}d=Dd −1.{overscore (G)}d, {overscore (Λ)}d=Dd{overscore (C)}d and Dd=Diag({square root}{square root over (σdk 2+γdN′0/Id)}) with γd=1/∥{overscore (C)}d∥2. Expression (19) is maximum for {overscore (Ω)}d={overscore (Λ)}d* and therefore for
- {overscore (G)} d =D d{overscore (Λ)}d *=D d 2 {overscore (C)} d* (20)
- The transmission weighting vector, {overscore (bd)}, optimum in the sense of the maximisation of the ratio of signal to noise plus interference on the downlink channel, can then be expressed as:
- {overscore (b)} d =H d + .D d{overscore (Λ)}d *=H d + .D d 2 {overscore (C)} d* (21)
- If it is assumed that the transfer function of the downlink channel is identical to that of the uplink channel, that is to say if {overscore (Cd)}={overscore (C)}u, it is possible to derive from (16) and (21) the relationship between the optimum weighting vectors {overscore (bd)} and {overscore (bu)}:
- {overscore (b)}d =H d + .D d 2 .D u 2 .H u {overscore (b)} u (22)
- It should be noted that equation (11) is a particular case of equation (22) when Dd=Du −1. This will be the case in particular if the noise on the uplink channel and the noise on the downlink channel consist solely of isotropic noise.
- The matrix Du can be estimated at the base station from a measurement of the noise power and the interference in the directions θk. On the other hand the matrix Dd cannot be estimated as simply.
- The matrix Du can be estimated at the base station from a measurement of the noise power and the interference in the directions θk, for example during a period of silence of the mobile terminal. On the other hand the matrix Dd cannot be estimated as simply.
- Let it be stated that
- D d =Diag({square root}{square root over (σdk 2+γd N′ 0 /I d)}) with γd=1/∥{overscore (C)} d∥2 (23)
- γd can be estimated by the mobile terminal and transmitted over the uplink channel to the base station. Since γd changes only slowly over time, the quantity of information to be transmitted relating to this parameter will be small.
- Advantageously, it will be assumed that the power transfer coefficient does not depend on the frequency and is identical for the downlink channel and the uplink channel, namely ∥{overscore (Cd)}∥2=∥{overscore (Cu)}∥2=1/T. This assumption will in particular be verified if {overscore (Cd)}=u. The value of Γ can then be estimated directly by the base station, for example at the power control loop.
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- where the indices between parentheses have been added so as to distinguish the quantities relating to the different downlink channels (that is to say intended for the different mobile terminals) and where:
- βd(j0) is the coefficient of orthogonality of the downlink channel, destined for TSj0;
- Sd(j) is the power of the transmission signal destined for the terminal TSj;
- gdk(j) is the kth coefficient of the gain vector {overscore (G)}d(j) relating to the transmission to TSj.
- If it is assumed that the coefficient of orthogonality of the downlink channel, βd(j0), is little different from that of the uplink channel, βu(j0), the above three quantities are available at the base station without a return of information by the mobile terminal being necessary. As seen above, the power transfer coefficient, γd(j0), is transmitted to the base station on the uplink channel from TSj0 or directly estimated by the latter. It is therefore possible to obtain the matrix Dd for a slight additional cost in terms of conveyance resources.
- The only quantity in equation (24) liable to vary rapidly over time is the power of the transmission signals Sd(j). In the case of a transmission in DS-CDMA mode, it will for example be possible to update these power values at each transmission slot.
- It should be stated that equation (22) was obtained under the initial assumption of equality of the transfer functions of the downlink channel and uplink channel, that is to say: {overscore (Cd)}={overscore (C)}u.
- If this identity is not satisfied, the vector {overscore (bd)} given by equation (22) is no longer optimum, that is to say no longer supplies the best ratio of signal to noise plus interference.
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- where it is indeed found that the ratio is maximum for {overscore (C)}d={overscore (C)}u.
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- If it is assumed that:
- E(c dk1 .c dk1 *.c uk2 .c uk2*)=αdk1 2.αuk2 2δ(k 1 −k′ 2) (28)
- with αdk1 2=E(αdk1 2) and αuk1 2=E(αuk2 2)
- that is to say if:
- the distribution of the phases and the distribution of the amplitudes of cdk are independent and the same applies to cuk′;
- the paths of the uplink and downlink channels relating to different directions have statistically decorrelated lengths Ldk and Ldk′;
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- with αk 2=αuk 2=αdk 2 if it is assumed that the propagation paths are identical for the uplink channel and downlink channel.
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- which represents the loss in performance compared with the optimum.
- FIG. 4 illustrates an example of a device according to one embodiment of the invention. For reasons of simplicity, the processing of a single communication with a mobile terminal has been depicted. The device, installed at the base station, comprises an array of antennae (40 0),(40 1), . . . (40 N−1) coupled by means of duplexers to a first reception weighting module (45), weighting the signals received by the different antennae by means of a first weighting vector, {overscore (bu)}, and to a second transmission weighting module (41), weighting a signal to be transmitted by a second weighting vector, {overscore (bd)}. When the device manages several communications with a plurality of mobile terminals, other weighting modules identical to the modules (41), (45) must be provided in parallel with these. The N outputs of antennae are directed to a module (46) estimating, in a manner known per se, the optimum weighting vector {overscore (bu)}. Estimators of the noise power matrices (43) and (44) estimate respectively the matrices Du 2 and Dd 2. The matrices Du 2 and Dd 2 are supplied to a matrix calculation module (42) which calculates the vector {overscore (bd)} from the vector {overscore (bu)} according to equation (22). The vector {overscore (bd)} is then transmitted to the weighting module (41). The matrix Dd 2 is evaluated in (44) by means of equation (23). To do this, the estimation module (44) receives an estimation of the coupling coefficient, γd or Γ according to circumstances, as well as interference powers σdk 2 in the directions θk and the total power Id. The values σdk 2 are advantageously calculated from equation (24) using the values of the transmission signals, Sd(j), j≠j0, intended for the mobile terminals other than the one in question (j0) and the gain vectors, {overscore (G)}d(j), j≠j0, which are associated with them.
- Although the device described above has been depicted schematically in the form of functional modules, it goes without saying, however, that the various functions executed can be executed by means of a processor programmed for this purpose or by a plurality of dedicated processors.
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